Back to Round 2

Had a couple of slight discrepancies with the recalculation of Round 2 results - they will probably continue to be redone and redone, but I've thought something more of a formula for when the teams draw. Basically if the teams in that place have won, they go up and lost, they go down.

This is the reordered results - not a huge difference for the round, the main difference is in the lower ranked teams, but that could add up as the season goes on.

O'Higgins

Cobreloa

Palestino

Universidad Católica

Iquique

Rangers

Santiago Wanderers

Colo-Colo

Universidad de Chile

Unión Española

Audax Italiano

Unión La Calera

San Marcos de Arica

Everton

Antofagasta

Universidad de Concepción

Cobresal

Coquimbo Unido

Deportes Copiapó

Curicó Unido

Ñublense

Huachipato

Naval

Magallanes

Santiago Morning

Barnechea FC

Deportes Concepción

Unión Temuco

Unión San Felipe

La Serena

Lota Schwager

San Luis

It seems to have made quite a difference to the overall list though. Could be some mistakes in the calculations. These will be done quite a few times before making a full release. So this is the new order.

Iquique

O'Higgins

Universidad Católica

Cobreloa

Palestino

Santiago Wanderers

Universidad de Chile

Unión Española

Colo-Colo

Rangers

Audax Italiano

Unión La Calera

Antofagasta

Huachipato

San Marcos de Arica

Universidad de Concepción

Cobresal

Everton

Coquimbo Unido

Ñublense

Curicó Unido

Unión San Felipe

Deportes Concepción

Magallanes

Naval

Barnechea FC

Deportes Copiapó

La Serena

Santiago Morning

Unión Temuco

San Luis

Lota Schwager

Power Rankings - Round 3

Time for round 3. I'm also hoping that this will get easier and faster as I get accustomed to the system. I haven't found an automated way, though I haven't been looking at it much. It will work just fine if I input the data.

Here are the results for Round 3

Fri	08/02/13	Audax Italiano	1 - 1	San Marcos	View events	More info
		Huachipato	0 - 2	O'Higgins	View events	More info
Sat	09/02/13	Deportes Iquique	2 - 1	Colo Colo	View events	More info
		Universidad Chile	0 - 3	Unión Española	View events	More info
		Santiago Wanderers	3 - 4	Unión La Calera	View events	More info
Sun	10/02/13	Cobresal	0 - 1	Everton	View events	More info
		Antofagasta	0 - 0	Cobreloa		More info
		Palestino	0 - 1	Ñublense	View events	More info
		Rangers	0 - 3	Universidad Ca…	View events

Sat	23/02/13	Magallanes	2 - 1	San Luis	View events	More info
		Coquimbo Unido	3 - 2	Copiapó	View events	More info
Sun	24/02/13	Santiago Morning	0 - 0	La Serena		More info
		Unión Temuco	0 - 3	Curicó Unido	View events	More info
		Lota Schwager	0 - 1	Concepción	View events	More info
Mon	25/02/13	Univ. Concepción	0 - 0	Naval		More info
* Matches were or will be played in the past/next 3 days. All the stats and scores are from Soccerway - it has a nice system where you go to the tournament and view it by round. Looks like I had a nice error though and the round 2 data was not saved. That was a good trick.

Sport/Life Power Rankings Round Two

Using the original ranking, this is how the overall scores are looking heading into Round 2

Iquique

Universidad Católica

O'Higgins

Palestino

Universidad de Chile

Unión Española

Cobreloa

Santiago Wanderers

Colo-Colo

Rangers

Audax Italiano

Unión La Calera

Huachipato

Antofagasta

Universidad de Concepción

San Marcos de Arica

Cobresal

Ñublense

Unión San Felipe

Everton

Coquimbo Unido

Deportes Concepción

La Serena

Magallanes

Barnechea FC

Naval

Curicó Unido

Unión Temuco

San Luis

Santiago Morning

Deportes Copiapó

Lota Schwager

Considering Iquique are now in dead last, the ranking could see some changes as the season progresses.

Here are the results for Round 2

Fri	01/02/13	Universidad Chile	1 - 0	Audax Italiano	View events	More info
		Everton	3 - 0	Huachipato	View events	More info
Sat	02/02/13	Universidad Ca…	1 - 1	Palestino	View events	More info
		O'Higgins	2 - 0	Santiago Wanderers	View events	More info
		Unión Española	1 - 2	Rangers	View events	More info
		San Marcos	3 - 1	Cobresal	View events	More info
Sun	03/02/13	Cobreloa	4 - 1	Deportes Iquique	View events	More info
		Ñublense	0 - 2	Antofagasta	View events	More info
		Colo Colo	2 - 0	Unión La Calera	View events	More info
* Matches were or will be played in the past/next 3 days. Sat 16/02/13 La Serena 0 - 1 Coquimbo Unido View events More info Unión San Felipe 0 - 2 Santiago Morning View events More info Naval 1 - 0 Unión Temuco View events More info Sun 17/02/13 Copiapó 3 - 2 Magallanes View events More info Concepción 0 - 0 Barnechea View events More info Mon 18/02/13 Curicó Unido 2 - 0 Lota Schwager View events More info * Matches were or will be played in the past/next 3 days.

Round 2 was far more straightforward, with very few draws. I am leaving the draws to the end in the calculations, then winners are rewarded if a draw needs to be slotted in - for example, Barnechea and Deportes Concepción played out a draw, so Naval and Santiago Morning were both rewarded.

The byes in the Primera B, not sure if they will make a difference - I am leaving them in the place for the moment, then adjusting if necessary.

Anyway. For the round, here are the rankings

O'Higgins

Cobreloa

Palestino

Universidad Católica

Iquique

Rangers

Santiago Wanderers

Colo-Colo

Universidad de Chile

Unión Española

Audax Italiano

Unión La Calera

San Marcos de Arica

Everton

Antofagasta

Universidad de Concepción

Cobresal

Coquimbo Unido

Deportes Copiapó

Curicó Unido

Ñublense

Huachipato

Naval

Magallanes

Santiago Morning

Barnechea FC

Deportes Concepción

Unión Temuco

Unión San Felipe

La Serena

Lota Schwager

San Luis Here are the overall rankings at  Round 2 Palestino Universidad Católica Cobreloa Iquique Universidad de Chile O'Higgins Santiago Wanderers Rangers Unión Española Unión La Calera Audax Italiano Huachipato Colo-Colo Antofagasta Universidad de Concepción San Marcos de Arica  Unión San Felipe Deportes Concepción Cobresal Coquimbo Unido Naval Everton  Ñublense  La Serena Barnechea FC Santiago Morning Curicó Unido Unión Temuco Magallanes San Luis Lota Schwager Deportes Copiapó

Sport/Life Power Rankings - Chilean Primera Division, Round 1

I am creating a "power ranking". I want to be able to use it for different sports in different countries, but I'm starting with the Chilean football.

In here, I will write about the process. I've been thinking a while about the IFFHS or whatever they are rankings and you don't get to see too much into how they are actually done.

I have decided to begin with the Primera A and B - using the 2012 Annual table for each as a basis - this means Huachipato were not rewarded for winning the comp in 2012, moreso their average form. Puerto Montt were replaced with Copiapó - the relegation battles were also not taken into account.

The basic concept of the power ranking is your last game could lead to huge jumps in the ranking - if you beat someone well above, you take their place. The overall ranking is calculated by your total points (less points the better - first is one point, worst in the B is 32 points).

Round 1 (from Soccerway)

Primera Division

Fri	25/01/13	Rangers	1 - 1	Audax Italiano	View events	More info
		Huachipato	0 - 0	San Marcos	View events	More info
Sat	26/01/13	Unión La Calera	2 - 1	Antofagasta	View events	More info
		Ñublense	1 - 1	Everton	View events	More info
		Deportes Iquique	0 - 0	Palestino	View events	More info
Sun	27/01/13	Cobreloa	5 - 2	Colo Colo	View events	More info
		Cobresal	1 - 2	Unión Española	View events	More info
		O'Higgins	0 - 1	Universidad Ca…	View events	More info
Wed	27/02/13	Santiago Wanderers	2 - 1	Universidad Chile	View events	More info
* Matches were or will be played in the past/next 3 days. Primera B Sat 09/02/13 Unión Temuco 0 - 2 Univ. Concepción View events More info Coquimbo Unido 3 - 1 Unión San Felipe View events More info Sun 10/02/13 San Luis 0 - 1 Copiapó View events More info Magallanes 3 - 2 La Serena View events More info Lota Schwager 0 - 1 Naval View events More info Mon 11/02/13 Barnechea 1 - 2 Curicó Unido View events More info * Matches were or will be played in the past/next 3 days. Some notes to begin. The U de Chile vs Wanderers match was rescheduled - La U's loss sees them have a huge drop in the power rankings. None of the top 4 teams from the table had victory. Wanderers had a big boost in the rankings. Católica were boosted an extra place due to losses above, while Colo Colo dropped one place. Everton and Ñublense had a draw. My current plan is to cut the difference between the two sides, then the away team goes higher. These chaotic results have some troubles with that, particular the large amount of draws. The key complications were the draw between San Marcos de Arica and Huachipato as well as the losses for Colo Colo and Universidad de Chile.  The large change with Arica saw a big shift in the number with some benefits for teams in the middle of the table. The Primera B teams were straightforward, with easier results to calculate. Teams beating the relegated teams were the biggest winners. Round 1 Power Rankings Santiago Wanderers Cobreloa Universidad Católica Palestino Iquique Unión Española O'Higgins Unión La Calera Audax Italiano Rangers Universidad de Chile Colo-Colo San Marcos de Arica  Huachipato Antofagasta Universidad de Concepción Cobresal Coquimbo Unido Magallanes Curicó Unido Ñublense  Everton  Deportes Concepción Deportes Copiapó Naval Unión San Felipe Unión Temuco Santiago Morning La Serena Barnechea FC Lota Schwager San Luis I am not sure if I should include the original ranking (ie the place at end of 2012) in the calculations. I guess I can calculate both and figure it out. I am trying to figure out a way to automate all this for taking it to other sports, but haven't got to that yet. This is the first round so I will see how it goes over the next rounds.